Two months after the whitepaper was published, the first Bitcoin block was mined on January 3, 2009.
Interestingly, unlike most crypto projects, Satoshi Nakamoto did not conduct any public sale or funding raising for the launch of Bitcoin.
Over the years, there has been speculation on who it might be, but despite all efforts to find out who the mysterious founder is, Satoshi continues to remain rather elusive.
Regardless of who created the protocol, reports claim that he owns more than a million BTC, which is worth more than $60 billion at current market prices.